Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	great_a	king_n	orange_n	3,164	5	10.0228	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B14973	Corant or vveekly nevves, from Italy, Germany, Hungaria, Polonia, Bohemia, France, and the Low-Countries		1621 (1621)	STC 18507.31; ESTC S119549	4,426	2

Franckendall and Manheim They of Bensheim in Bergstraet haue sought for helpe of other Townes which is promised them and the said Towne hath taken the keyes from the Soldiers and will assure the Towne themselues From Ambergh the 16. of September 1621. For that they of Lichtenbergh in Werenbergh and Schimthutten in the said passage haue sundry times shewed themselues to be enemies to the Earle of Mansfield vpon the last Friday he sent certaine Horse Footmen with some péeces of great Ordinance thetherward to take the said passage and to put garrison into it and on Sunday at night secretly sent 4. Companies of Soldiers to Camp and quartered them there The last Friday there came 500. Bauarian soldiers to Freimt whereupon on Sunday last the Earle of Mansfield sent 4000. foot and 8. Companies of Ritters thetherward to assayle them but they refusing to yéeld vp the place he began to batter it and yesterday tooke it wherein the Bauarians with the most part of the Burgers were slaine and the Towne Castle wholy ransackt wherein there was great store of goods that was brought thether by those that fled after that the suburbes were burnt From the Palatinate the 17. of September 1621. Don Hermancos de Cordoua lyes still with his forces by Rem Turckheim and Generall Veere with a part of his forces horse and footmen lyeth at Birstadt and in the Bergh stréet way to hinder the Spaniards from ransacking and winning abroad what will folowe thereof time will reueale From Berghstrate the 18. of September 1621. The towne of Bensheim is somoned by the Spaniards to yeild it selfe and they haue required 3. dayes truce which being past yet we heare of no attempt they within the Towne haue 1600. well mounted Ritters and daily fortifie themselues and haue gotten some great Ordinance and munition It is thought that they in Berghstrate will stand vpon their defence It is said that there is a new leuie of Soldiers made for the King of Bohemia and that there shall be 6000. foote and 1000. horsmen more taken vp for him From France we vnderstand that the King with his Army lyes still before Mountalbon battreth the towne with 45. pieces of Canon but they within valiantly resist him so it is apparant that the towne will holde out as long as possibly it can Touching the besieging of Gulicke there is nothing to the purpose done onely that the Spaniards begin to make 3. Bulwarkes before it 2. of them being almost ready but yet so farre from the towne that they séeme to be made rather for the defence of their Army and a letting of the Garrison from issuing out vpon them then ouercome the towne so that it is thought that the said towne shall onely be Bulwarked about Letters from Brigges certifie that there past at least 12000 selected Soldiers horse and footemen by that towne with all kind of preparation as Scopes Spades Baskets Scuts c. Men supposing here that they will doe some wondrous thing The Ditches in Flanders being cut through the waters runs vp into the Country all about Gant and Bruges the water lyeth in the Land whereby their necessities is great thereabouts From the Prince of Orange his Army Here there are Commissions giuen out for Christian Prince of Anholt to leuie 1500. horsmen and he hath 3. monthes time limmited vnto him to goe into the Palatinate he also shall haue with him 5000. footmen he hath already a great number together with him there goes Adolph Plasman Yonker Haesten Mons Quaet Westerholt and others It is said that the King will send with him 500. horse and the Prince of Orange 500. horse more The 20. of this month Marquis Spinola past ouer the Bridge with 20. or 22. Coronets of horsmen toward our Army but attempted nothing but went backe again to Disfort house where the poor Country men yet neutrals that were gone thither to saue themselues with their Cattle and other goods were pittifilly spoyled The Prince causeth the Cloyster Schellendorp betwéene Rées and Bislicke close by the Hauen masters to be Intrenched and haue sent for great store of Lathes and Pallisadoes The 2 young Kings and the young Princes being 5. in number that were sent out of East India to the Prince of Orenge and the East India Company héere in these Countries to be brought vp in Learning by common aduise of the Company are sent to the Latine schoole in Amersfort and vpon the 24. of the month of August entered therein From Montabon it is written that Duke de Mayne did intreat the King that no mercy might be shewed to this Towne but that all might be put to the Sword The Gunpowder in his quarter was set on fire by them out of the Towne shooting wilde fier amongst it The Duke de Rohan hath 8000. men ready and is within one dayes Iourney going to ayde the Towne against the King The Cittizens of Montalbon haue hang'd vp 6. traytors that sought to betray the Town to the King whose heades were cut off and set vpon poles for a terror to others one of them being Sergeant maior of the Towne whose name was Sauage who betrayed the Towne of Neracke before to the King There is a Post come to Paris from Spaine that is gone to Flanders who saith that the King of Spaine will be in Flanders in his owne person before winter It is written from Paris by a Gentleman that sawe it that there was a wonderfull strange apparition séene in the ayre vpon Sunday night the 2. of September last the whole sky séemed like the forme of a Tent out of the which there issued certaine forces fighting one with another afterwards the whole Element séemed to be on fire In the end the said forces were reduced into a round circle not much vnlike the besieging of a Towne London Printed for N. B October the 2. 1621. Out of the Hie Dutch Coppy